Tag: Spoken Word

363. Kate Tempest: Belgrave Music Hall, Leeds [12.11.19]

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Artist: Kate Tempest

Venue: Belgrave Music Hall, Leeds

Date: 12.11.19

For the first of the evening’s two intimate shows, Kate Tempest walked on stage and made a simple request. In such a small venue she could see right into the faces of the audience and would rather not perform to a crowd of cameras. She therefore asked us to take one shot for social media and then put our phones away, which we duly did.

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Tempest took a moment to compose herself and then unleashed an astounding word-perfect set of poetry and rap from her ‘Let Them Eat Chaos’ and ‘The Book of Traps and Lessons’ albums. The powerful lyrics were beautifully set to the haunting beats and  keyboards of Clare Uchima.

As the gig ended there was momentary silence from an awestruck audience, still processing the barrage of wise words and meaningful messages of a truly mind blowing performance.

316. Dr. John Cooper Clarke: O2 Academy, Leeds [17.11.18]

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316a_John Cooper Clarke [171118]Artist: Dr. John Cooper Clarke

Support: Geoffrey Allerton (Simon Day) / Mike Garry / Toria Garbutt

Venue: O2 Academy, Leeds

Date: 17.11.18

The legendary people’s poet and fellow wordsmiths performing spoken word for the masses. Mirthful to see many youngsters at such a performance, with their parents cringing at the barrage of F-bombs launched from the stage (as if the kids don’t already know those words).

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288. Rubble at Mill, Farsley [27.5.18]

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288a_rubble at mill [270518]Artist: Aziz Ibrahim & Dal Singh Rattan (Aziz & Dal)

Support: Bloxed Beats / Toria Garbutt, Louise Fazackerley & Kirsty Taylor (Nymphs & Thugs) / Testament

Venue: Trouble at Mill, Sunny Bank Mills, Farsley

Date: 27.5.18

As always, an impressive array of talent formed the line-up for the last ever ‘Trouble at Mill’ before the venue was to be demolished – therefore ‘Rubble at Mill’ on this occasion.

Music, spoken word poetry and beatboxing, accompanied by fine food and drink. Such nights will be missed but the spirit lives on in a new home; The Constitutional, Farsley.

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